First and foremost, Greg Lukianoff, president of FIRE, and UD student Bill Rivers will be on "Hannity & Colmes" this evening at 9:00pm EDT on the Fox News Channel to discuss the University of Delaware's thought control program for dorm residents.
Samantha Harris, FIRE Director of Legal and Public Advocacy, will appear on "Fox Weekend."
And on Monday, Mr. Lukianoff will appear on "The O'Reilly Factor" (8:00pm EST).
(Info via the NAS e-mail bag.)
UPDATE: The News Journal has an update on the UD mess. I don't hesitate for a second to believe the students who related the various ridiculous instances of "training." I've seen very similar programs, sat in 'em, participated in 'em. Frankly, they're a farce. And despite the university's claim that the sessions were NOT mandatory, it's telling that two students -- one who disliked the training, and one who thought there should be more of them and that they should be more in-depth -- BOTH stated they were told the sessions WERE mandatory.
UPDATE 2: Fellow DE blogger/UD alumni Fritz Schranck notes that UD President Patrick Harker has suspended the resident hall "training" program until a thorough review is undertaken.
UPDATE 3: Joanne Jacobs and Erin O'Connor have much more, including snippets from RAs who weren't real happy about the program.
UPDATE 4: Bryan Preston has copies of the actual UD resident hall program! These are MUST READS!
Hube, check this response out from the WNJ by UD10:
"Being a student at the University of Delaware and actually understanding what is going on in ResLife, I find no problems with this diverstiy training.
The first time I heard about it I felt as well that I was being attacked but that is the point because the day after, I starting thinking, really thinking. Everyone oppresses people in some way or another, either by their class status or their race. But it's not a matter of brining the wealthy white people down or even the middle-class white people down... it's a matter of what we can do to help those that are being oppressed. It was an eye opener for me because honestly, I thought I was a diverse accepting person so how could I oppress people?? But just because I'm more privledged than someone else and I don't do anything to change it, I'm oppressing them. "
WHAT?!? Stop right there and read the last sentence again. Scary.
Posted by: Alan Coffey at November 1, 2007 09:17 PMLOL ... that's a perfect example of the UD succeeding in their "program." This is what the univ. means by "all whites are racist," too -- the mere fact that whites make up the majority of this country inherently makes them racist because they hold most of the power in society.
It's pure garbage. I wonder -- how will this poor kid change his "privilege"? I'm sure the univ's answer is "support things like affirmative action, open borders," etc., and then when some [white] students want to debate those issues, the RAs can point out "By objecting to these issues you're once again asserting your 'privilege' and hence 'oppressing' minorities yet again." It's ridiculous "logic," as most diversophilic/multi-culti crap is, of course.
Just hold those alumni donations. THAT will send a message.
Posted by: Hube at November 1, 2007 09:26 PMHolding donations is a quaint notion but they're publicly funded and I'm guessing the donations are a very small percentage of either their operating budget or the endowment.
Posted by: Duffy at November 2, 2007 07:43 AMFrom the Central Complex Curriculum:
"The Central Complex has identified six societal issues that will be explored and dissected throughout our learning initiatives: Hunger and Homelessness, Youth Advocacy, Women's Empowerment, Green Effect: Environmental Issues, Ability Awareness and AIDS and Advocacy. For further exploration of the topical issues the Central complex has establish partnerships with community agencies, registered students organizations (RSO), and academic departments."
(Central Complex? That just sounds scary, like the Master Control Program in Tron.)
"To facilitate this learning, each Central Complex Residence Hall will be paired with a selected community service agency in the Newark/Wilmington area with which they will be involved in sustained service, facilitated and coordinated by residence hall staff."
Compulsory service? More shades of the Cultural Revolution, where the urban students were sent "down to the countryside" to labor with the peasants, so as to learn correct revolutionary thought and improve awareness of their agrarian proletariat brothers.
Posted by: G Rex at November 2, 2007 04:18 PM